Ann Douglas

@anndouglas

Author of 26 non-fiction books, including NAVIGATING THE MESSY MIDDLE (a book about midlife). Trying to teach myself how to write my first novel. Passionate about democracy and social justice.

3.733 Folgt10.976 Follower3.277 Posts

Bluesky

Ist das dein Profil?Übernimm es — dann gehört dir anndouglas.dirty.social.Profil übernehmen

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· 4d

Savouring what’s left of summer by taking in the view at Petawawa Point — one of my favourite spots in the Ottawa Valley. ✨

Clouds in a picture-perfect blue sky are reflected on the water. There are tree-covered islands floating in the river and there’s an outcropping of rock on the shore.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Jul 14

Love the pout on this turtle 😂 (He showed up on my dinner plate at a Thai restaurant.)

A turtle made from slices of carrot. The turtle is pouting and sitting on a plate of chicken stirfry.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Jul 12

This isn’t my usual kind of reading material (I’m not a particularly religious person) but I found this book to be both soul-nourishing and comforting. Each line reads like poetry and the ideas the book explores are transformative. Thank you @maggiehelwig.bsky.social 💗

A photo of an iPad displaying the cover of the book
Instructions for the End of the
World: Homilies of Comfort and Resistance
by Maggie Helwig

The cover features an image of a turbulent sea and light from the heavens.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Jul 4

Imagine investing billions of tax dollars in an industry that is doing everything it can to eliminate jobs. 🤦🏻‍♀️ This is from an interview @avilewis.ca did with @breachmedia.ca earlier this year.

In the decades since the Leap Manifesto, we've seen oil production increase by a third, all while that very same industry figured out how to make a barrel of oil with a little less than half as many workers. So they've thrown 40,000 workers under the bus during the same time that they've increased their production by a third, and made $40 billion in the peak year of 2022.
- Avi Lewis in an interview featured in the book A New Democratic Party, edited by Martin Lukacs

A copy of the book

A New Democratic Party: The Comeback of the Left

Leah Gazan
Matthew Green
lan McKay
Judy Rebick
Avi Lewis

Edited by
Martin Lukacs

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Jun 30

A tiny fawn following its mother into the woods. 💗

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Jun 25

The farm sprinkler meditation video you didn’t know you needed. (I found it super-soothing to watch the sprinkler moving back and forth while I was out for my late-afternoon walk. I hope you enjoy it, too.)

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Jun 22

It was a perfect day for thinking and dreaming.✨

A deck with a deck chair floating offshore on a river. There are pine trees on the riverbanks. The blue sky and clouds are reflecting on the surface of the water.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Jun 17

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Jun 14

I had to snap this photo quickly before the mosquitoes carried me away but I couldn’t resist dashing outdoors to savour this sunset. ✨

Sunset over a river. The sky is streaked with purple, orange, and pink clouds. The sky is pale blue. The colours are reflected on the water. There are trees on both sides of the river and there is a dock in the water.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Jun 11

We have entered our raised garden era

A raised garden bed in a backyard. Some seedlings have been planted: sweet peppers, lettuce, grape tomatoes, cilantro, cucumber, watermelon, and cantaloupe.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Jun 7

Handsome driveway snail

A snail on a driveway. The snail has a yellow, brown, and white shell and a brown and green body with two antennae.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· May 29

In our front yard: a large and previously healthy pine tree snapped like a twig. #OttawaValley #RenfrewCounty

The base of a pine tree damaged in a windstorm.

A fallen pine tree amidst some similarly sized trees.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· May 24

So gorgeous… 😍 The trilliums are so abundant and so lush right now. Here’s a photo I took yesterday while I was walking in the woods.

Trilliums on a bed of leaves in a forest.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· May 21

This month’s co-op order (from the Ottawa Valley Food Cooperative). We order online at the beginning of the month and then pick up our order a couple of weeks later. It’s a fun and delicious way to support local food growers/producers.

Maple syrup, coffee, garlic, carrots, scones, chicken pot pies, pork sausages, and chicken stew sitting on a wooden table.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· May 12

Spotted this gorgeous Little Library on a residential street in Oakville, Ontario. I love the fact that it features a matching bench. I was also thrilled to spot a book by Chris Hedges. Not your typical Little Library fare! #LittleLibrary

A Little Library with a matching bench on a residential street in Oakville, Ontario. The bench features the spines of books. The library has been decorated to resemble an old house.

A Little Library on a residential street in Oakville. There are numerous books inside the Little Library, including a book by Chris Hedges (War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning).

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· May 11

When the sky is this blue, it seems to go on forever. I snapped this photo when I was out for a walk in the forest but the "endless sky" vibes were even more noticeable when I was driving across the city. It was truly awe inspiring. ✨

A picture-perfect blue sky with puffy white clouds above a forest trail.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· May 6

An absolutely gorgeous sunset. ✨

A multicolored sky at sunset. The sky is purple, pink, orange, yellow, and blue. There is a gazebo on the grass in the backyard. There are pine trees in the background, along with a driveway and a stone fence.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· May 3

It was a picture-perfect spring day so I decided to take a hike on a trail I had yet to explore at Shaw Woods (near Eganville). The entire walk was beautiful. This particular trail dips in and out of the forest while winding along the banks of the Snake River. #OttawaValley #RenfrewCounty

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Apr 21

I spent an hour this afternoon heaving rocks so I could repair the stone fence that wraps around the gazebo. We go through this ritual every spring. The groundhog tries to move in under the gazebo. We try to discourage him by adding rocks to the fence. It’s basically a season-long chess match.

A groundhog relaxing outside his front door (a tunnel he dug so he can crawl underneath our backyard gazebo). He is on the lawn beside the garden. A corner of the gazebo and some patio stones are visible.

The groundhog’s “front door” tunnel. He has dug through the grass and underneath some rocks we put in place last year. He has a second tunnel at the back of the gazebo.

Some of the rocks I carried across the yard to plug the hole. (I must have carried about 50 rocks in total—enough to reinforce the existing rock fence around the gazebo.)

A new resident—a chipper sparrow—perched on the rocks beside the gazebo.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Apr 20

The groundhog has returned. (He’s taking full advantage of the fact that the birds aren’t exactly neat eaters.)

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Apr 18

If the sound of moving water energizes you, please accept this invitation to be energized…. It was so great to be able to make our way through the forest and back to the creek again. There’s still a bit of ice and snow on the trails but it’s not nearly as treacherous as it was a few days ago.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Mar 21

Celebrated International Day of Forests in the best possible way — by going for a walk in the forest. 🌲 #ForestDay

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Mar 21

Spotted this in The Globe and Mail this morning…. 😂

Text from a comment on an article in The Globe and Mail

Shoopster 39 minutes ago
In reply to BobTheBob
Why do you quote only what fits your narrative?
For the same reason you only quote what fits your narrative.
RESPECT 2 REPLY 0 SHARE REPORT

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Mar 18

It was a gorgeous day for a walk in the woods. There are so many signs that spring is on its way but today it was a winter wonderland.

A blue sky on a sunny winter day. There are snow-covered trees on both sides of a forest trail.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Mar 17

Thank you to the Ontario Arts Council, for their ongoing investment in my development as a fiction writer, and to Biblioasis, for recommending me for a 2025-26 Recommender Grant. I am so grateful for your support! 😍 cc @ontarioarts.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Mar 15

I am happy to report that the sourdough raisin bread turned out really well. The texture and the flavor are great. I’ll definitely be making this again. #BreadSky

A sideways view of a loaf of sourdough raisin bread. It is sitting on a wooden cutting board on a counter.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Mar 14

Icicles at golden hour, late winter.✨

Icicles hanging off a house overlooking a snow-covered yard. It’s golden hour and there are orange and mauve clouds in a blue sky. There are trees at the edge of the property.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Mar 12

There is a thick layer of ice on top of the snow so we were able to walk in the woods without snowshoes. The trees looked like they had been dipped in ice.

Ice-covered trees line a snow-covered forest trail.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Mar 9

It’s warm enough to sit on the front porch so I am. 😍

A snow-covered yard on a sunny, late-winter day. The sky is blue and the sun is shining. There are tall pine trees on the edge of the yard.

Ann Douglas@anndouglas· Feb 27

Me, too, Tom. Me, too....